Manchester United versus Liverpool is always massive, but it’s especially huge when both are contending for the Premier League title. When you add in the fact that Saturday’s contest occurs after an international break, with all the added time for media and media types to over-analyze it, and the magnitude of this fixture gets ramped up even further.
There are numerous storylines in this one. Today, in their respective news conferences, United manager Jose Mourinho discussed the expected atmosphere at Anfield tomorrow, while Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was asked about reports that he was once coveted as a potential successor to Sir Alex Ferguson.
This match is so big that we’ve done not one, but two news links collections of ancillary stories related to this one. View part one at this link, part two over at this link.
That’s in addition to the usual, standard match preview resources that we typically provide each game week. Those are all linked below:
Starting XI predictions:
Injury Reports:
Manager News Conference Videos From Today:
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